by Mendi Benigni | Sep 20, 2021 | Best Practices, Collaboration, communication, engagement, Pedagogy
Motivation is defined as the “general desire or willingness of someone to do something” and it’s what we are all after – Motivated Students Motivation can be divided into three types: Amotivation – lack of any motivation; going through the motions....
by Mendi Benigni | Aug 9, 2021 | communication, engagement
Many faculty are experiencing difficulties with students not being engaged in their online classes. Regardless of how many activities they incorporate into their teaching, students are not listening and won’t turn on their cameras. In asynchronous classes,...
by Mendi Benigni | Nov 10, 2020 | Best Practices, discussion, engagement
Did you know that you can direct the students to comment in a certain medium in VoiceThread (VT)? Say, for instance, you only want them to do video comments, but inevitably you have those students who ignore in the instructions and only type their comments. Well,...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 27, 2020 | Best Practices, engagement
Students are struggling this year to stay on top of content and class work. Some faculty are having success assigning students to an accountability partnership. This partner is someone they can go to if they miss class, have questions, or just want to talk about the...